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    You know I'm joking of course, some of my best friends are southerners
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    I like them too, but couldn't quite manage a whole one.

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    If I was hungry enough, I'd give it a go, but I'd pass on the side plate of jellied eels.

    I would worry about the side effects though. I wouldn't want to wake up talking like Dick Van Dyke.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    If I was hungry enough, I'd give it a go, but I'd pass on the side plate of jellied eels.

    I would worry about the side effects though. I wouldn't want to wake up talking like Dick Van Dyke.
    That's not his real voice, his real voice is bloody weird!!

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    I don't like corporate lingo.

    I think it was specifically designed for shifting the blame and avoiding responsibility.

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    Sorry Pavel, but going forward, we need more blue-sky thinking from you.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony View Post
    Sorry Pavel, but going forward, we need more blue-sky thinking from you.
    Well, I've never worked in a huge corporation before, and I must admit that emails that I receive often make me bang my head against the desk in disbelief.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Len Co View Post
    That's not his real voice, his real voice is bloody weird!!
    Oh no, next you're going to tell me he's not really a chimney sweep. And I've gone and booked him to do my chimneys. Never met the guy, but it sounded like him on the dog and bone.

    I'm starting to think I'm being scammed.
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    If I was in a meeting where 'corporate lingo' or 'management speak' was being trotted out, I would simply put my hand up and say "I'm sorry, but I can't understand a bloody word of what you are saying. Can we have it again in plain English please?". It worked every time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Len Co View Post
    I wouldn't say 'trousers' irritates me (unless they have a high wool content, but then it's more of an itch) but there's something about it that makes me slightly queasy. I imagine the French have the same problem with les pantalons - worse probably. Seems to invite a joke, faintly ludicrous. And is it singular or plural, is there a trouser ? Is a pair of trousers actually two pairs of trousers ? Very confusing.
    And the Americans calling them pants... I hate that..
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